humiliating
/hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪtɪŋ/ noun C2- An act of humiliation.
Plural humiliatings
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“It is humiliating,” said he, “thus to receive money given grudgingly,—an uncertain supply which may soon fail.
Sire, go, leave France to its real master, to him who acquired it, not by purchase, but by right of conquest; go, sire, not that you incur any risk, for your adversary is powerful enough to show you mercy, but because it would be humiliating for a grandson of Saint Louis to owe his life to the man of Arcola, Marengo, Austerlitz.’ Tell him this, Gérard; or, rather, tell him nothing.
It would be so humiliating.
But it was a little humiliating to know that there was no danger of it.
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